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Saturday, January 04, 2014

After
a meeting in Colombo, the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) has confirmed that Bangladesh
will remain the host of the Asia Cup 2014, acting chief executive of Bangladesh
Cricket Board (BCB), Nizamuddin Chowdhury, told reporters.

The
ACC also announced
that Afghanistan will be the fifth team joining Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and
Sri Lanka and expand it to the five-team one-day international tournament.

The
tournament was facing the threat of being organized in Bangladesh due to the
political turmoil ahead of the country’s parliamentary election.

After
a bombing incident that took place near the hotel in which the West Indies
Under-19 team stayed, the team pulled out of the tour. Sri Lanka cricket is waiting
for a report from internal security investigation to be ensured that taking
part in the upcoming bilateral series in Bangladesh will be secured.

Apart
of the Asia Cup and bilateral series, Bangladesh is also scheduled to host the
Twenty20 World Cup which will start from March 16. If they can organize these
two competitions successfully then ICC will be convinced to retain Bangladesh’s
Twenty20 World Cup 2014 hosting rights.